Economy and Ritual
Studies of Postsocialist Transformations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19940670 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 204 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Economy and ritual (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/9781782385691 |
| OpenAlex | W4396767323 |
| Open Library | OL31040691M |
| ISBN | 9781782385691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re-)entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that much of what is critical for a people’s economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of economising
Economics · Economy · Religion and Society Interactions · Case studies · Eastern · Eastern Europe · Economic anthropology · Economic conditions · Europe · Former Soviet republics · Post-communism · rites and ceremonies · Social life and customs
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |